Castilleja opens its PAL water polo schedule with a victory

Minhee Chung and Claire Pisani each scored three goals and Georgia Lewis recorded 10 saves to help the Castilleja girls water polo beat host Burlingame, 12-2, in a Peninsula Athletic League contest on Wednesday.

Serena Rivera-Korver and Jenna Kotcher each added a pair of goals for the Gators (1-0, 4-1), who will meet Half Moon Bay at noon Friday in the Amanda MacDonald Tournament at Menlo-Atherton.

Annabelle Paris scored nine goals for the Bears, who won their fourth straight after opening the season with a pair of losses. Julia Sherman added five goals.

Woodside meets Presentation at 3:15 p.m. in the first round at M-A.

Sacred Heart Prep, which beat Notre Dame Belmont, 15-4, opens the tournament against Mercy Burlingame at 2:10 p.m. at Menlo School. The host Knights open with Mitty at noon.

Layla Waters scored four times for the Gators (2-0, 4-3) in the WCAL victory over the Tigers. Maddy Johnston and Nadia Paquin each added three goals. Jane Rakow made five saves.

Boys water polo

Menlo School extended its season-opening winning streak to eight games with a 17-1 victory over host Hillsdale on Wednesday. Noah Housenbold and Ben Wagner each scored four times and Sam Untrecht added three goals.

The Knights (2-0, 8-0) play at Menlo-Atherton (2-0, 6-5) next Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Bears beat Carlmont, 16-7.

Sacred Heart Prep handed host Serra its first loss of the season in a big way, 20-9. Andrew Churukian scored six goals for the Gators (2-0, 3-0), who find themselves one of only two remaining unbeaten teams in the WCAL, with Bellarmine. The Bells (2-0, 6-0) knocked off previously undefeated Valley Christian, 10-5.

Jackson Enright had five goals and Alex Tsotadze added four for Sacred Heart Prep, which is headed to the California Elite 8 Tournament this weekend at Harvard-Westlake. The rest of the WCAL teams are entered in the St. Francis Invitational.